It’s time for McCain to throw Global Warming Alarmism under the bus.

And a few other things, like BCRA and McCain/Kennedy. John’s problem is he never corrects himself on anything he has touched, even when 90% of his own party is ready to claw his eyes out. He admitted to misinterpreting the people on immigration reform, but look what it took!

Yes, I’ll vote for the curmudgeon, but it will require Dramamine to do it.

Here’s one of those stories I hadn’t heard before – one which reveals a great deal about John McCain. [Ret. Col. Bud] Day relayed to me one of the stories Americans should hear. It involves what happened to him after……

Schaivo, Medicare expansion, NCLB, and let’s not forget corruption, real or perceived. What’s amazing is that big daddy state supporters are now complaining about McCain, who doesn’t come close to either Bush.

He won the Republican nomination on the back of his record

Lemme fix that:
He won will probably win the Republican nomination on the back of despite his record.

He isn’t official yet, and I pray constantly in the forlorn hope that some semblance of sanity will return to the Republican Party in time to prevent a disaster.

….relief from the far left and far right dialogue.

HOORAY MEDIOCRATS!

Hey Hey, HO HO
Keep that ball on the 50 yard line and don’t GO!

Mediocrity RULES!

YEAAYYY TEAM!

jgapinoy on April 30, 2008 at 1:24 PM

Ya know, I’d love to support MexicCain, but I have too many back-injuries (stab wounds) to get out of bed and vote for him.

MoveOn and other fringe groups (including those on the right) are out of step with the mood of the nation which wants some relief from the far left and far right dialogue.

Boehner was one of the architects of the 2006 butt kicking. He should have been gone from any leadership position and his remaining just goes to show that the republicans learned absolutely nothing and their judgement is overwhelmingly colored by their arrogance. The current elction is just a sign of things to come, a one party United States.

peacenprosperity on April 30, 2008 at 12:13 PM

LOL. You’re completely uninformed. Boehner was in power (majority leader) for only a few months. The damage to the Party was done before he could do anything about it.

House Republicans are already much better in my book than Senate Republicans. House Republicans actually have a clue.

Valiant

McCain has publicly & repeatedly said the American people are right, that we need border security.
McCain is conservative or moderately conservative on almost every issue.
McCain’s two opponents are ultra-liberals.
Why do you & your ilk want to give us Obama or Hillary?

Valiant on April 30, 2008 at 1:16 PM

FYI – don’t forget the attorney who did the original investigation on Keating 5 did NOT want McCain prosecuted…but he was told they had to include him or it would oly have been democrats facing fire, and they couldn’t have that. McCain was innocent. (NOT not guilty – innocent.)

Mr. McCain put Mr. Day on the floor of their cell and, using his foot, jerked the broken bone into place.

Imagine that moment…that takes a steely core. And character is everything when it comes to the presidency, and McCain has it, as is proven by the DNC and the NYT by the fact that all they can do to attack him is lie and distort.

McCain already had my vote, reluctantly, because we disagree on some significant issues. But every now and then I actually feel a slight hint of enthusiasm toward his presidency.

They also stand ready to fight any immigration reform that doesn’t start with border security and rigid enforcement of employment laws.

What? They don’t trust McKeating5 on his promise to enforce the border first? Knock me over with a feather.

The strangest thing about this election is that people talk about how poor Bush’s approval rating is, then they talk about how much worse congress’ approval is. . . yet our only choice for president is between three people who are a part of the congress that has a worse approval rating than the president that we want so much ‘change’ from.

ThackerAgency — I love that.

And I would add that they are all drawing their Senate salaries while living and “serving” full-time on the campaign trail.

but McCain’s character hasn’t been called into question.

Oh… only every day about five hundred times a day in mass e-mails to journalists; public statements from Howard Dean, Barack Obama, and sundry surrogates and operatives; and articles and posts from leftwing pundits and bloggers and from the left’s effective allies on the right.

and note that McCain outlasted the previous GOP leadership that went to war with him

You might liken it to herpes or cockroaches or something that will outlive a nuclear war.

McCain won’t win because he doesn’t know who his friends are. He will fight against people on his side and that makes him not a friend of anyone. So now he’ll waste 84 million dollars ‘earmarked’ to his campaign and when he loses, he’ll still have his pension, and his senate seat to be a virus on the party.

This elongated Democratic nomination process has allowed both D candidates to be very visible in each state and build their bases in each state. McCain has been on his magical mystery tour of the country talking about him without concerning himself with what the people in those regions care about.

The strangest thing about this election is that people talk about how poor Bush’s approval rating is, then they talk about how much worse congress’ approval is. . . yet our only choice for president is between three people who are a part of the congress that has a worse approval rating than the president that we want so much ‘change’ from.

It doesn’t make sense that these people we don’t approve of are suddenly going to be praiseworthy. I’ll never vote for McCain.

In his latest tirade, Rev. Wright called into question VP Cheney’s patriotism because the Rev. had served in the USMC while Cheney didn’t. Couple this with all the “chickenhawk” arguments from the left, and now they are going to have to support a genuine war hero who suffered greviously at the hands of his enemies over a “never served”. Right?
rbj on April 30, 2008 at 12:25 PM

Ohhhhhh …. didn’t read the fine print from the democrat playbook did you? It clearly states that *Democrat trumps Republican war hero every time. (See: Bill Clinton.)

After this article, I can only think of two words:
JUAN HERNANDEZ.

Those words keep getting in the way of my voting for him.

stenwin77 on April 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM

Yeah, well…

Four words: ‘Associate Justice John Edwards’ are enough to ensure that I’ll crawl over broken glass to vote for him if need be.

I would caution, also, that campaigning on biography can backfire if one’s life story is not sqeaky clean.

After this article, I can only think of two words:
JUAN HERNANDEZ.

Those words keep getting in the way of my voting for him.

McCain was right about ethanol being a dangerous scam, but he needs to fully admit the error of his ways and reverse himself on ANWR and the like.

It’s a perfect time to revisit energy policy because it’s not just a topic for policy wonks anymore; it’s affecting everyone of us personally right now, on both sides of the aisle.

All I can say is, McCain has alot of work to do if wants to win the presidency. Whether winning the just the nomination is enough for him is a question that has already been raised, most notably by Peggy Noonan.

If he wants to win, McCain has work to do both with conservatives and, once the Democrats have a nominee, with the broader public. His challenge is that his message will need to be consistent. He cannot continue this strategy of openly dissing conservatives and Republicans in an effort to gain the votes of liberals and independents and expect to win.

Folks, look what happened to Barack when he dissed white working-class voters in Pennsylvania. McCain cannot bash his base and expect them to vote for him.

And the campaign is going to get ALOT tougher once the Dems have their nominee. Nobody is really going after McCain yet.

Make your choice wisely.